Remove records that follow you.
Dismissed charges and old court cases shouldn't define you forever. We suppress and remove court filings and legal records from search results, and clean up your digital past.
Quick overview
- We suppress and remove court filings and legal documents from search. See what we cover.
- Dismissed charges, acquittals, and expunged records get particular priority.
- Two things decide most outcomes: the kind of site hosting the record, and where the case stands legally. More on our approach.
- We are not a legal expungement service — read the distinction before you start.
What we do
Arrest record suppression
Arrest records—especially for dismissed cases, acquittals, and expunged records—removed or suppressed from search.
Court document de-indexing
Court case filings and documents removed from Google's index so they no longer appear in search.
Our approach
How we handle a court record case
Many court record aggregators accept some kind of redaction or opt-out request, and citing a privacy law, a sealed or expunged status, or a court order carries more weight than a plain ask. It's worth trying that route first, especially on a site with a working self-service form.
Not sure yet whether a court record is even showing up under your name? A free reputation scan can confirm it before you reach out to any site directly.
When a site ignores the request, buries it behind a paid removal product, or the record needs to come down from several aggregators at once, that's where a structured process helps — we identify the strongest grounds for each site, submit the request the way that site actually processes it, and follow up until it clears.
What decides whether a record comes down
Not every site works the same way. Two things carry most of the weight: the kind of document involved, and where the case stands legally.
Sites built around tracking cases and dockets are the more workable group. Several of them accept a removal or redaction request through their own channel, and a case that is closed or dismissed has a real chance of coming down.
Legal research archives behave differently. They hold published decisions the way a library holds books, so pulling one means removing part of the collection.
Most have no public removal form and have to be contacted directly, and they rarely take a record down at all. The guide for each site below says which of the two you are dealing with.
What happens after a request goes in
The request reaches a legal team or an editorial board. A person reviews it, not a script.
That review is not automated and it is not always fair, so neither the answer nor the timing can be promised in advance.
Plan on roughly two weeks to more than a month before you hear anything. A few sites publish their own turnaround times, and those are noted in the individual site guides.
Site-specific removal guides
Each court record aggregator has its own removal process. Start with the guide for the specific site your record is on:
What we don't do
We don't offer legal expungement services. Removacy specializes in removing and suppressing public records from search engines and third-party websites — not in sealing or deleting the underlying court record itself. For legal expungement, please consult a licensed attorney.
- Guarantee removal from every aggregator — outcome depends on the specific site's own policy and whether it accepts third-party redaction requests at all.
- Fabricate a court order, misstate a case's status, or misrepresent who's requesting the removal — every submission we send is accurate.
When removal probably won't work
If the case is still active, or if it ended in a standing criminal conviction or a civil judgment against you, the odds of getting the record taken down are low. We tell you that up front.
Suppression is still a real option in these cases — moving the record off page one for searches on your name, even when it can't come down. Our SERP Cleanup service is built for exactly this.
Common questions
Does removing a court record from Google delete the official record?
No. We remove or suppress the record from search results and third-party sites — the official record stays in the court's own database. Deleting or sealing the underlying record itself requires legal expungement through the court, which is a separate process from what we do.
I already got my record expunged — why does it still show on Google?
An expungement order seals the record at the court, but it doesn't automatically reach every site that already indexed or copied it beforehand. The order typically needs to be submitted to each site hosting the record, and the outdated page needs to be removed from Google's index separately. We handle both parts.
Is expungement the same service you offer?
No — expungement is a legal process (petition, case documentation, sometimes a hearing) that only a licensed attorney can file. We remove and suppress records from search and third-party sites; we don't offer legal expungement services (see the note above).
Will the record reappear after it’s removed?
It can. Court record aggregators regularly re-scrape court databases, so a record removed from one site can resurface on another later. That's why we monitor for re-publication rather than treating removal as a one-time task.
Do you cover dismissed charges and acquittals specifically?
Yes — dismissed charges, acquittals, and expunged records get particular priority, since these cases have the strongest grounds for removal from aggregator sites that publish outdated or resolved charges as if they were still active.
Related
Dealing with a mugshot or arrest-record listing too? Our Mugshot Removal service handles that side specifically.
Start today
A past mistake shouldn't define your future.
Tell us what's showing up and we'll tell you what's realistic for your case.
We only submit a removal or redaction request when we can point to real grounds for it — a sealed status, a policy violation, or a legitimate privacy claim — not a generic request sent to every site and hoped for the best.
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